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Alumni: what's one memory from Captain James E. Daly Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001523
Captain James E. Daly Elementary
20301 Brandermill Dr, Germantown, MD 20876 · (240) 740-0600 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
272 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 19% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
37.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.4% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 17.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Captain James E. Daly Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #683 of 853 | #126 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #685 of 853 | #125 of 131 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #603 of 853 | #108 of 131 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #445 of 898 | #89 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #105 of 857 | #36 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #404 of 857 | #106 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #445 of 885 | #40 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #113 of 551 | #15 of 97 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
472
-106 (-18%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 472 | 41.8 | 11.3:1 | 58% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 42.7 | 11.8:1 | 58% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 45.2 | 11.4:1 | 77% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 76% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 47.5 | 12.9:1 | 72% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 71% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 62% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 34% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 33 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Captain James E. Daly Elementary.
About Captain James E. Daly Elementary
Federal records list Captain James E. Daly Elementary as an elementary school in Germantown, Maryland. The latest federal count shows 472 students in pre-K through 5.
A total of 208 schools make up Montgomery County Public Schools, with 159,181 students enrolled.
Roughly 58% of students at Captain James E. Daly Elementary are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 28% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 37 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Captain James E. Daly Elementary's 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 11.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. That is 18 points above the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
After accounting for student poverty, Captain James E. Daly Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.9% is 13.2 points below the 40.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Captain James E. Daly Elementary is located in Montgomery County, where the median household income is $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Captain James E. Daly Elementary, Montgomery County has 210 other public schools.
Neelsville Middle is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 36.4%, higher than Captain James E. Daly Elementary's 26.9%.
Captain James E. Daly Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment declined 18% from its 2020-21 level of 578. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.6:1 to 11.3:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Germantown
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Kingsview MiddleMiddle · 908 students
- Roberto W. Clemente MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Neelsville MiddleMiddle · 781 students
Nearby schools
- Neelsville Middle0.5 mi · 781
- Watkins Mill High0.9 mi · 1,577
- Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary1.2 mi · 428
- Fox Chapel Elementary1.3 mi · 617
- Stedwick Elementary1.6 mi · 492
- Montgomery Village Middle1.7 mi · 780
Frequently asked questions
About Captain James E. Daly ElementaryHow large is Captain James E. Daly Elementary?
Captain James E. Daly Elementary enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Captain James E. Daly Elementary serve?
Captain James E. Daly Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Captain James E. Daly Elementary?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Captain James E. Daly Elementary.
How diverse is Captain James E. Daly Elementary?
Captain James E. Daly Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 58% Hispanic, 28% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Captain James E. Daly Elementary?
Captain James E. Daly Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.